boondock vs verge

boondock

noun
  • A brushy, rural area or location. 

  • A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away. 

verb
  • To stay in a self-contained recreational vehicle without connections to water, electricity, or sewer services, especially in a remote location. 

  • To camp in a dry brushy location. 

  • To strike a squopped wink and send it flying far away. 

verge

noun
  • An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland. 

  • A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. 

  • The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road. 

  • The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge. 

  • An edge or border. 

  • The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. 

  • The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. 

  • A circumference; a circle; a ring. 

  • An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen. 

  • The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof. 

verb
  • To be or come very close; to border; to approach. 

  • To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope. 

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